A topological study of gravity free-surface waves generated by bluff bodies using the method of steepest descents
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DOI10.1098/RSPA.2015.0833zbMATH Open1371.76034arXiv1510.06647OpenAlexW3122323494WikidataQ52386052 ScholiaQ52386052MaRDI QIDQ5363607FDOQ5363607
Authors: Philippe H. Trinh 
Publication date: 29 September 2017
Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: The standard analytical approach for studying gravity free-surface waves generated by a moving body often relies upon a linearization of the physical geometry, where the body is considered asymptotically small in one or several of its dimensions. In this paper, a methodology that avoids any such geometrical simplification is presented for the case of flows at low speeds. The approach is made possible through a reduction of the water-wave equations to a complex-valued integral equation that can be studied using the method of steepest descents. The main result is a theory that establishes a correspondence between a given physical flow geometry, with the topology of the Riemann surface formed by the steepest descent paths. Then, when a geometrical feature of the body is modified, a corresponding change to the Riemann surface is observed, and the resultant effects to the water waves can be derived. This visual procedure is demonstrated for the case of two-dimensional free-surface flow past a surface-piercing ship and over an angled step in a channel.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.06647
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